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This resource is designed to help pediatricians, emergency planners, disaster responders, and volunteers meet children’s needs during disasters. It contains chapters on disaster planning for pediatricians, pediatric preparedness exercises, and various kinds of disaster events, among others.
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This web page provides information for K–12 school administrators and staff, as well as students and families, related to emergency planning. It discusses the impacts of emergencies; what to do before, during, and after school emergencies; and preventing the spread of infections in schools. It also includes links to further resources on school safety and emergency planning.
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This document informs teachers of common child reactions to earthquakes and provides tips on supporting children after an earthquake.
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This booklet tells the story of Trinka and Sam, two young mice who are friends and neighbors who survive a wildfire. The booklet covers effects a wildfire can have on a community, as well as the emotions and behaviors children may display after a wildfire.
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This booklet tells the story of Trinka and Sam, two young mice who are friends and neighbors who survive a wildfire. The booklet covers effects a wildfire can have on a community, as well as the emotions and behaviors children may display after a wildfire.
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This story was developed to help young children and their families talk about feelings and worries they may have after they have experienced an earthquake. The story describes children's reactions and talks about how their parents help them to express their emotions and feel safer. In the back of the booklet, there is a parents' guide that suggests ways that parents can use the story with their children.
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This story was developed to help young children and their families talk about feelings and worries they may have after they have experienced an earthquake. The story describes children's reactions and talks about how their parents help them to express their emotions and feel safer. In the back of the booklet, there is a parents' guide that suggests ways that parents can use the story with their children.
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This story was developed to help young children and their families talk about feelings and worries they may have after they have experienced an earthquake. The story describes children's reactions and talks about how their parents help them to express their emotions and feel safer. In the back of the booklet, there is a parents' guide that suggests ways that parents can use the story with their children.
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This story was developed to help young children and their families talk about feelings and worries they may have after they have experienced an earthquake. The story describes children's reactions and talks about how their parents help them to express their emotions and feel safer. In the back of the booklet, there is a parents' guide that suggests ways that parents can use the story with their children.
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This story was developed to help young children and their families talk about feelings and worries they may have after they have experienced an earthquake. The story describes children's reactions and talks about how their parents help them to express their emotions and feel safer. In the back of the booklet, there is a parents' guide that suggests ways that parents can use the story with their children.
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This document informs parents of common child reactions to earthquakes and provides tips on supporting children after an earthquake.
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This document informs parents of common child reactions to earthquakes and provides tips on supporting children after an earthquake.
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This document informs parents of common child reactions to earthquakes and provides tips on supporting children after an earthquake.
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Part of the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide, this handout provides parents with tips for how to respond to an adolescent child after a disaster. The document includes adolescents' possible reactions, how parents can respond, and examples of what parents can do and say.
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Part of the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide, this handout helps parents understand how infants and toddlers may be feeling after disaster. It also lists ways for parents to help their young children cope with disaster. PFA is an evidence-informed, modular approach anyone can use to assist disaster survivors.
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This handout provides information for parents including reactions and/or behavior they may notice in preschool-age children after a disaster and suggestions for what to say and do once the disaster is over. This resource is part of the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide, which helps people provide PFA, an evidence-informed, modular approach for assisting disaster survivors.
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This document offers information on how school-age children commonly react to disasters and how parents can respond. It is part of the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Operations Guide, which prepares people to deliver PFA, an evidence-informed, modular approach anyone can use to assist disaster survivors.
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Ready.gov provides steps individuals can take before, during, and after a pandemic to reduce the likelihood of illness and stay as healthy and safe as possible. Links to related information are also provided.
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Developed jointly by the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services, this guide is designed to help individual schools and school districts develop and update emergency operations plans. It highlights lessons learned and recommendations to ensure high-quality school emergency operations plans.
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The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers several library resource collections addressing such topics as disasters, anti-racism, and guns and violence. The Asian American and Pacific Islander Resource Library provides downloadable and linked resources providing guidance and support for parents, caregivers, educators, and community members talking with children and youth about race and racism.
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This playlist from the Capacity Building Center for Tribes includes five recorded webinars focused on tribal trauma and resilience. Each webinar focuses on different factors that affect tribal mental and behavioral health, including protective community factors, historic trauma, trauma-informed child welfare, and secondary traumatic stress.
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This web page provides parents and caregivers with recommendations for supporting their child's return to school after experiencing a tragedy, which can include mass violence incidents. It includes guidance for supporting children's feelings, emphasizing school safety, and seeking further assistance if needed to ensure students' comfort and resilience.
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To support caregivers or others tending to children, this web page from SAMHSA explains the effects of traumatic events—such as natural disasters or community violence—on children. It provides a breakdown of possible reactions shown by children of different ages as well as tips for supporting children who have experienced traumatic stress.
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This online article includes information on how a parent's posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms can affect his or her children. It describes some of the common child responses to those symptoms and offers guidance regarding what a parent should do when faced with this situation.
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This video features Dr. Paramjit Joshi, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, who offers guidance for teachers and counselors in supporting children in processing and coping after a school shooting or other traumatic event.
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